Manual of singing voice rehabilitation : a practical approach to vocal health and wellness

Manual of Singing Voice Rehabilitation: A Practical Approach to Vocal Health and Wellness provides speech-language pathologists and singing teachers with the tools to lay the foundation for working with singers who have voice injuries. Singing voice rehabilitation is a hybrid profession that represents a very specific amalgam of voice pedagogy, voice pathology, and voice science. Becoming a singing voice rehabilitation specialist requires in-depth training and thorough preparation across these fields. This text presents a conceptual and practical basis for interacting with singers in an effective and supportive way, identifying factors to address, structuring singing voice rehabilitation sessions, and ensuring that singers are getting adequate exercise while allowing their injuries to heal, as well as resources and materials to provide to singers to optimize the outcome of their rehabilitation. Each chapter exposes readers to important concepts of singing voice rehabilitation and the elements that need to be addressed in the singing voice rehabilitation process, which include medical factors, emotional factors, vocal hygiene, vocal pacing, and vocal coordination and conditioning. This text contains information for developing exercises and interventions to target specific vocal problems and guidance in customizing vocal exercises based on injury, singing style, skill level, professional level, and the particular vocal demands of each singer. While the intended audience for this book is speech-language pathologists and teachers of singing who are accomplished performers, experienced pedagogues, and clinically and scientifically well-informed, there is information herein that will be of value to all singers, physicians interested in learning more about the behavioral side of singing voice rehabilitation, nonsinging speech-language pathologists, or anyone seeking knowledge about singing health, including music educators, music therapists, conductors, vocal coaches, worship leaders, or music directors. Contents Foreword Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributors Part I. Setting the Stage 1 Singing Voice Rehabilitation: A Hybrid Profession 2 It Takes a Team: Multidisciplinary Voice Care for the Singer 3 Voice Disorders 4 Medical Problems and the Performing Voice 5 Vocal Hygiene for Singers 6 Preparing the Singing Voice Rehabilitation Plan 7 Taking a Closer Look: Specific Populations and the Rehabilitation Plan Part II. Emotional Factors 8 Supporting the Singer’s Emotional Needs: Working With the Psychological Impact of Voice Problems Part III. Vocal Coordination and Conditioning 9 Shaping Voice 10 Stylistic Considerations in Singing Voice Rehabilitation: Classical and Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Singing 11 Designing Vocal Exercises for Singing Voice Rehabilitation 12 Customizing Vocal Exercises for Singing Voice Rehabilitation 13 Speaking Voice Therapy for Singers Part IV. Vocal Pacing 14 Vocal Pacing: Spending the Interest, Not the Principal 15 Getting Back on the Horse: When, Where, and How to Return to Performing 16 Vocal Pacing Case Studies Part V. More Tools for the Toolbox 17 Aging Voice and the Singer 18 What the Singing Voice Rehabilitation Specialist Should Know About Sound Equipment 19 Using Apps in Voice Rehabilitation 20 Singing Voice Rehabilitation Documentation: The Importance of Clinical Language 21 An Ounce of Prevention: The Singing Voice Rehabilitation Specialist as Vocal Health Educator Index "Manual of Singing Voice Rehabilitation: A Practical Approach to Vocal Health and Wellness provides speech-language pathologists and singing teachers with the tools to lay the foundation for working with singers who have voice injuries. Singing voice rehabilitation is a hybrid profession that represents a very specific amalgam of voice pedagogy, voice pathology, and voice science. Becoming a singing voice rehabilitation specialist requires in-depth training and thorough preparation across these fields. This text provides a conceptual and practical basis for interacting with singers in an effective and supportive way, identifying factors to address, structuring singing voice rehabilitation sessions, and ensuring that singers are getting adequate exercise while allowing their injuries to heal, as well as resources and materials to provide to singers to optimize the outcome of their rehabilitation." -- Back cover